Wolfgang Stefinger

Wolfgang Stefinger (born 20 April 1985) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013.

Wolfgang Stefinger
Wolfgang Stefinger in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byHerbert Frankenhauser
Personal details
Born (1985-04-20) 20 April 1985
München, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCSU
Alma materMunich University of Applied Sciences

Political career

Stefinger first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[1] He is a member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment and the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development.[2][3] In this capacity, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur for relations with India.

In addition to his committee assignments, Stefinger serves as deputy chairman of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Southern African States.

In the negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Stefinger was part of the working group on education policy, led by Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Stefan Müller and Hubertus Heil.

Other activities

Political positions

In June 2017, Stefinger voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[6]

Controversy

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany in 2020, Stefinger was one of three members of his parliamentary group – alongside Ronja Kemmer and Christoph Ploß – who became the subject of media scrutiny after they had accepted an invitation to embark on a three-day short trip to Oman; Oman's embassy covered their travel expenses of 5,466 euros each.[7]

References
  1. "Dr. Wolfgang Stefinger". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. "German Bundestag - Education, Research and Technology Assessment". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. "German Bundestag - Economic Cooperation and Development". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. Advisory Board of the Baker Tilly Foundation Baker Tilly.
  5. Board of Trustees St Barbara Foundation.
  6. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  7. Sven Becker, Roman Höfner and Sven Röbel (July 3, 2020), Junge Unionspolitiker reisten nach Oman: Per Businessclass zum Basar – auf Kosten des Sultanats Der Spiegel.
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